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Anja Shortland

About the Author

Anja Shortland is a professor of political economy at King’s College London. She is an expert on piracy, kidnapping, art recovery, cultural property crime, and ransomware. Her insights have been featured in publications including The Economist and The New Yorker. Her book Kidnap won the Douglass North Award for the best book in institutional economics. She lives in Wiltshire, England.  

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